hope you're watching in portland, oregon. perience japanese-american life in portland through the challenges of world war ii and reflection of an organize og community. that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. from the sounds of it, chris brown may need a little refresher course on anger management. after being questioned about his infamous fight with former girlfriend rihanna in an interyou into for abc's "good morning america," brown reportedly threw a fit, screaming and then smashing a window in his dressing room. the pop singer left the studio shirtless skipping a performance for the network's website. he followed up the tantrum with several angry tweets. >>> elsewhere, the buzz is increasing that today facing a trial on felony grand theft charges, lindsay lohan will accept a plea bargain, one that reportedly includes a 90-day jail sentence. >>> finally, russell brand says "detail" magazine when it comes to hi

. >> sherry, from portland oregon. i have to choose between two questions. one concerns me a great deal. how are we going to safely store nuclear waste, because we still have no solutions. we lived not that far from the nuclear reservation. it has already been found to be volatile by scientists on several occasions, and there is always some kind of quick fix for it, but it is not a good fix. that is one of my questions, and i am hoping that someone will talk about ending our reliance on the automobile system. >> quickly, i think we cannot do it quickly, and so, some of the longer-term things, about towns and being able to walk places and mass transit, all of that is great. it is just that you cannot do it fast. we have an emergency with respect to oil. i think climate change is certainly a national security issue. that is why talking about things that will change existing vehicles, not even new ones. we need to move as fast as we can. i think as far as the nuclear waste is concerned, there are probably technical solutions that are not bad, encasing it in thi

watching us on news channel 8 in portland, oregon, learn about the polar bear and its coastal habitat through a series of photographs at "the last polar bear" at the world forestry center. that's your pacific event of the day. >> did you see the little guys? >> just a couple ahhs and oohs. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. lindsay lohan hasn't had a lot of legal success lately but her luck hasn't totally run out. california's riverside d.a. will not file charges against lohan altercation against a betty ford staffer due to lack of evidence. the public is cynical when it comes to young talent. >>> a new poll shows about 30% of americans believe justin bieber will be in rehab by the time he reaches 30. 18% think bieber will be married and quietly living somewhere. hmm. >>> a lawyer for italian prime minister silvio berlusconi facing trial for paying for sex says actor george clooney may be called to testify by the defense team. clooney deny he and his girlfriend attended parties at the palace during orgies and strip shows. he said the only time he ever

. >>> and this comes to us from kgw news channel 8 in portland, oregon, where dialing 911 seemed to bet option for a burglar convinced that he broke into the wrong house. after his successful intrusion, the suspect decided to take a shower before leaving. before he could make a getaway, the owner returned home. frightened by her german shepherds and afraid she might own guns, the burglar locked himself in the bathroom and called police for help, gladly exchanging his rescue for his arrest. actually got to hear the 911 call earlier this morning. i looked that up. >> the operator is literally, like, you broke into a house? >> wait. you broke in? >> he just says, yeah. yeah. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> step aside, paul the octopus. two heads are apparently better than one. magdolina, the tortoise born with two heads and five legs has been chose tony predict the ice hockey championship in slovakia this year. like a pair of siamese twins, their embryos didn't separate properly during pregnancy. but the duo has two

if you are watching us on news channel 8 in portland, oregon, learn techniques used by designers to createdeo games, dance music, even roller coasters at the design zone at the oregon museum of science and industry. that's your pacific event of the day. your roller coaster would go -- >> exactly. you know me well, bill. thank you. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. bradley cooper took a step toward proven box office status this weekend as his new film debuted in the number one spot. "limitless" took in $19 million for the win, but the box office itself is on a losing streak. year to date ticket sales are off 20% from last year. the film "rango" held on to the second spot with more than $15 million. the alien invasion tale "battle: los angeles" which many experts picked to win dropped nearly 60% from its audience of last weekend and falling to roughly $14.5 million. the "lincoln lawyer" played slightly better than expected finishing fourth with $13.4 million. the alien road trip comedy "paul isappointed landing in fifth. just over $13 million. and finally, l

[applause] >> good morning., i'm edward campbell and planning deck tore for portland oregon and i'm here on behalf of our water bureau who sends his regrets. i'm very glad to be here today before i start on the story of portland i want to say the morning session has painteded a picture for me of the scale of issues you face here in california and i hope the story i tell you about portland which we are a drinking water only utility and 80 miles away from the pacific ocean that there are lessons that can be useful to you but our issues pale in comparison to the issues your dealing with here. first a quick description of our system. its the largest one in oregon serving about 8 hundred thousand people. 25 percent of the state and average a hundred million gallons of water a day. our primary source is the bowling river in the cascade mountains east of the city and two reservoirs and ten million gallons of usable storage. we have a secondary ground storing source on the south side of the colombia river and we have capacity to serve our base needs just by ground water some you can count portla

. >>> well, if you are watching us on news channel 8, portland, oregon, learn what american's servicehe world has accomplished through artifacts and photography at peace corps 50shgs years of service at the oregon history museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. charlie sheen's unprecedented public feud with cbs, his producers and the world marches on with no signs of slowing down. sheen followed up yesterday morning's stunning "today" show interview with a rambling live stream on an internet the website. by mid day, his veteran hollywood publicist had quit. he was then on another network in prime time competing against his own show "two and a half ç men" in some time zones. and he found some time with his current two live-in girlfriends who he calls the goddesses to sit down with jeff rossen for a new interview. >> do you get embarrassed that he called you the goddesses? >> why? seems complimentary to me. >> it could be worse, man. >> run with that. run with that. >> in answer to your question, i told charlie t

[applause] >> good morning., i'm edward campbell and planning deck tore for portland oregon and i'm here on behalf of our water bureau who sends his regrets. i'm very glad to be here today before i start on the story of portland i want to say the morning session has painteded a picture for me of the scale of issues you face here in california and i hope the story i tell you about portland which we are a drinking water only

[ laughter ] >> the intruder locked himself in the bathroom of the portland, oregon home and he stayed in until the police arrived. he said he didn't want to get hurt and he was worried that that home owner had a gun. >> he is not a mensah candidate. >> not really sure there. >> try something else there, pal. that's it for the cbs 5 news at noon. don't forget, eyewitness news is always on cbssf.com. >>> caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime.

an intruder in portland, oregon, called 911 after locking himself in the bathroom.ce. >> did he sound like he was high or drunk? >> well he is obviously nuts. >> yeah.

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foundations from elections city council a poor a student public funding for elections for the city of portland oregon to the white house that way more money came go to big corporations to elect our political leaders and frankly come from big corporations i guess we've become less democratic than libya or finally have no reason to fight a war there and for finally and perhaps most importantly republicans are likely to start their war on atheists this week and declare in god we trust is the national motto after all going to war without an official bato is like playing a football game without an official cheer you just can't do it. so can you really blame the republicans for dropping the ball on the constitution's requirement that they debate and then vote on whether or not to go to war with libya with all these other wars waging i can't envision there's congressman peter king's war on muslims as would your allies his war on president obama congressman paul ryan's war on seniors i'm sure as soon as all these wars the war on n.p.r. the war women the war on gays the war on the environment the war the inte

this happened last night in portland oregon. a homeowner came home to find the intruder inside of his house. that's when the intruder locked nims in a bathroom and called the police. the man confessed to the crime. he was worried the homeowner might have a gun. police arrived on the scene and arrested that intruder. >>> we have breaking news happening right now. we want to take you to the scene in st. louis where there are reports that two u.s. marshals have been shot. this comes actually st. louis police telling us three marshalls shot. they were shot during a gunfight that left another man wounded at a home. again, we are looking at live aerial shots in st. louis. apparently in a neighborhood and this happened with exchange of gunfire with a man in a home is what it sounds like. this started shortly before 7:00 this morning local time there. two of the marshalls were taken to st. louis university hospital. the third to barnes jewish hospital there. we do not know any details about the shooting or the conditions of those three

. >>> a home burglary in portland oregon did not go as planned for one intruder as he called 911 himselflice say a man arrived home to find the intruder inside his house. that's when the intruder locked himself in a bathroom and called police. the man confessed to his crime and said he was worried the homeowner might have a gun. officers arrived on the scene and arrested the intruder. >> that is a classic. >> i like that story. >>> time now 6:57. let's check our commute. we have problems in san francisco. >> that is right. we have a stalled big rig. if you take a look at our cameras in san francisco 80 westbound is getting backed up because of that big rig stuck at the fifth street off ramp. they are sending a tow from a nearby fire house. if they don't get that truck out there fast it could reek havoc. let's check in with steve. >>> we have fog and drizzle. after that it would l billion sunny and -- it will be sunny and mostly sunny and warmer. >>> all right thank you, steve. coming up on mornings on 2 a new problem on the cal campus. it has nothing to do with politics. we will take you

i'm from portland, oregon. >> jimmy: very good.k. [ scattered applause ] zack, what do you think you're going to be playing for tonight? what are you looking at? what looks good? >> i think i'm going for the hair. >> jimmy: ooh. wait, no, no. tobacco head or are you talking about the two strands of hair from elijah wood. >> the hair from elijah wood. >> jimmy: it's very important that you get two hairs there. it's already framed so you can just hang it right on the wall. >> perfect. >> jimmy: yeah. hey, what's your name, where you from? >> denise, from philadelphia. >> jimmy: hey. [ cheers and applause ] the roots are from philadelphia. welcome, denise. what are you playing for tonight? >> um, the drum stick. >> jimmy: the turkey leg? was that a turkey leg? >> steve: yeah. >> yes. >> jimmy: what is that? i don't even know what that is. [ light laughter ] it's like an old -- >> steve: it's turkey leg soap. >> jimmy: oh, it's turkey leg soap. that's actually soap. [ laughter ] pretty cool though. hey, what's your name, where you from

recording the music -- portland, oregon. and then, we met up in new orleans.>> jimmy: welcome back to "the kings speech," everybody. by the end of this interview, he actually says his sentence. it's fantastic. >> wait, so i look like -- >> jimmy: i have a voice! >> i look like geoffrey rush. i actually held colin firth's -- >> jimmy: be careful. [ light laughter ] >> well, it was -- it was the guy, the director, tom -- >> jimmy: oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> -- hooper was in line at one of the post-oscar parties and really had to pee and i said, i'll let you go first if i can hold your thing. so, he handed me his -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: be careful. [ laughter ] be careful. be careful. and you held it? for how long? >> it's really heavy. >> jimmy: is it? [ laughter ] yeah, very good. yeah, it's very, very heavy. very long as well, yes? [ light laughter ] >> you know, about that big. >> jimmy: yea big? >> average. >> jimmy: average. not for me. [ laughter ] i also want to talk about this thing that you -- you did this thing out in l.a. with james franco. >> i

that's what police in portland, oregon say. the homeowner called 911.>> i just broke into a house and the owner came home. >> you broke into a house? >> yeah. >> where at? >> i don't know. >> okay, so are you still there? >> yeah. >> okay. so are you -- >> i think they have guns. >> so he was scared of the homeowner? guns, no. two german shepherds, yes. that's why he was scared. the man was arrested. then was a no show in court which means he's out on the loose again. >> i guess you would only have to lock your doors, he's going to report himself. that will help. charlie sheen's ex-girlfriend is headed the to trial. rachel overlan is seen in this video next to charlie sheen, she appeared in a ft. wayne courtroom. police arrested her after she crashed into a light pole and officers say she smelled of alcohol and had trouble standing. she had been living with sheen but access hollywood went on to report she left the house. more craziness there in the sheen household. >> first cbs canceled "two and a half men." even the website. >> sheen's corner on san fr

. >>> and in portland, oregon, finally a different approach to firing crime on public transit by -- listene -- playing classical music at stations. crime is down 40%. the music could have a calming effect is the theory or it could be that some criminals don't like the classical music. >> ron, you've been trying to keep me away from your office by playing smooth jazz. >> hopefully it's working. >> you have the drum set in your office. >> anyway, time now for weather and chikage windler from our minneapolis/st. paul affiliate kstp. chikage? >> good morning, ron. let's start with some video from flooding in marion county, ohio, where the rivers there are near major flood stage, only expected to recede by tomorrow. the heavy threat continues to push off to the east. major cities from d.c. through philadelphia, new york on to boston seeing an inch plus of rainfall and a foot or more of snow possible in the mountains of northern new england. meanwhile, let's focus now on the midwest where today light snow possible in the twin cities but by later in the week more significant snow not out of the q

second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home comnion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never said it didn't need the money. they're relying on a discredited video that was exposed by glen beck's website of all places. our friends should talk to the thousands of volunteers at home who rely upon public broadcasting resources to provide the content that americans love. reject this travesty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. in response to this there are no savings, and may i point my colleague to a report on the corporation for public broadcasting, federal funding and is

for an experiment at a seniors building in portland, oregon.... >> we're going to post these sensors in your home. >> reporter:... thomas riley a research associate at oregon science and health university is installing sensors in the apartment of 74-year-old curtis guthrie. >> when you walk down the hallway we'll get instant data that tells us about each sensor which will give us your walking speed. >> reporter: every movement he makes, even the speed at which he types will be beamed back to lab. some day the whole baby boom generation might have such sensors in their homes as an early warning system because a slowdown in movement may indicate a decline in physical and mental ability. according to researcher tracy visselberger. >> it's a way to generate a red flag so if someone is perhaps experiencing a depression or has an injury, we can intervene. >> reporter: we may soon have robots like celia in our home to help families checkup on us. >> look who's here. hi, tom. >> hello. how are you? >> i'm well. >> reporter: tom showed us how his son might access celia from his home computer

update on your forecast, more rain showers today in areas of portland, down the oregon coastline intoedford. this is just a minor rain event considering the rain you've had this week. much of california's cooler today. arizona one more warm day for you in tucson and phoenix and then need to cool off as you go towards tomorrow. friday's forecast a larger storm system comes onshore. this one could have thunderstorms for with it for areas like san francisco. we'll end the active week with another one. watching us on nbc 7/39, san diego, california, see what the eye can't, creative images that capture multiple perspectives at the same time at imagine that, the museum of the photographic arts and that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> making me dizzy looking at it. thanks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. jodie foster is back on her one-woman campaign to rehabilitate the public image of mel gibson. in an interview, foster says of gibson, he's so incredibly loving and sensitive. he is the most loved actor i've ever worked with on a movie. i knew th

just the following incidents on november 27th, mohammed was arrested to explode a car bomb in portland oregon october 27th farouk ahmed was arrested in attempting to assist others whom he believed members of al-qaeda of planning multiple bombings in metro washington. on septemberth another was sentenced to 24 years for prison for attempting to blow up a skyscraper in dallas, texas. a federal court in manhattan found james kromede and four others were attempting to detonate a synagogue in the bronx. and two were convicted to attempting to explode john kennedy airport and faisal shahzad pled guilty to detonate the time bomb to time square and he was sentenced life to prison and david hedley participated in planning the 2008 attacks in mumbai, india which killed 164 people. every one of these people could have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and the hedley attacks did. all of these terrorists were indifferent to whom they killed, including women and children and i think we owe a debt of gratitude to the enforcement agents who identified and stopped the plots before they could be car

maybe the guy who broke into this house in portland, oregon, on monday. >> 911. >> i just broke into a house. and the owners came home. >> you broke into a house? >> yeah. >> reporter: see? the operator didn't believe it, either. 24-year-old timothy chapek, allegedly broke in to take a shower. when he heard the owner come home, he got scared. and, yes, called 911. >> they can hear me. >> reporter: in the middle of his 911 call, you can hear the owner, hillary mckenzie, confront him. >> why are you taking a shower? >> i'm sorry. i broke in. i already called them. they're on the phone right now. >> reporter: she did call the dispatcher. and they both couldn't help but laugh. >> he was in the bathroom. and the door's shut. and he says he's in there. and i said, who the hell are you? >> okay. did he sound like he was high or drunk? >> well, he's obviously nuts. >> well, yeah. >> reporter: timothy chapek was charged with trespassing and could become the latest poster boy for dumb criminals. last month in connecticut, this man called 911 to ask if he could get arrested for growing just one

second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home companion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never said it didn't need the money. they're relying on a discredited video that was exposed by glen beck's website of all places. our friends should talk to the thousands of volunteers at home who rely upon public broadcasting resources to provide the content that americans love. reject this travesty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. in response to this there are no savings, and may i point my colleague to a report on the corporation for public broadcasting, federal funding and

. >> sherry, from portland oregon. i have to choose between two questions. one concerns me a great deal. how are we going to safely store nuclear waste, because we still have no solutions. we lived not that far from the nuclear reservation. it has already been found to be volatile by scientists on several occasions, and there is always some kind of quick fix for it, but it is not a good fix. that is one of my questions, and i am hoping that someone will talk about ending our reliance on the automobile system. >> quickly, i think we cannot do it quickly, and so, some of the longer-term things, about towns and being able to walk places and mass transit, all of that is great. it is just that you cannot do it fast. we have an emergency with respect to oil. i think climate change is certainly a national security issue. that is why talking about things that will change existing vehicles, not even new ones. we need to move as fast as we can. i think as far as the nuclear waste is concerned, there are probably technical solutions that are not bad, encasing it in thi

muhammed muhammed who attempted a terror attack during christmas tree lighting ceremonies in portland, oregon. the attorney general said he made no apologies for this operation. said, quote, the attorney general, those who characterize the fbi's activities as entrapments simply do not have their facts straight, end of quote. one month ago sitting right there secretary napolitano testified before this committee and said the threat level today is as high as it has been since september 11th because of increased radicalization in our country. i would ask the audience and committee just notice this chart over here. just in the last two years alone, these are terror plots which were blocked by our government. virtually every part of the united states is affected by this. it affects the entire nation. those of us in the northeast perhaps have more threats, you about the fact is we found out no one is immune from these type threats, these type attacks. this committee cannot live in denial, which is what some of us would do when they suggest that this hearing dilute its focus by investigating threats

second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home companion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never said it didn't need the money. they're relying on a discredited video that was exposed by glen beck's website of all places. our friends should talk to the thousands of volunteers at home who rely upon public broadcasting resources to provide the content that americans love. reject this travesty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. in response to this there are no savings, and may i point my colleague to a report on the corporation for public broadcasting, federal funding and

longtime friend of transit and supporter of transit and builder of transit in his home community of portland, oregon, has represented the third district of oregon for many, many years. is the founder of the revolution conference, and has been good enough to i think every year since he's been in congress, and address is here. please join me in welcoming to the podium, longtime friend, the honorable earl blumenauer. [applause] >> thank you, bill. thank you so much. i appreciate your partnership over the years, and it is a pleasure to be on the platform with a gentleman who is my friend, steve latourette. i think i agree with about 99% of what steve just said. he is straightforward, kind of hard to get an opinion from him sometimes. but i do appreciate his consistency. and we served for over 10 years on the transportation and infrastructure committee. we watched what happened with mr. shuster, with mr. oberstar. it was a great training, a great to be a part of that. and i deeply appreciate see, even though he is transition to appropriations, keeps his interests in infrastructure, in rebuilding, and try

we should be able to have a direct flight from portland, oregon, to make that actually happen. so i think we are missing the boat here in terms of what we are trying to effect and the issues i think that we are dealing with in this h.r. 1. we are trying to hit only domestic programs, programs that our kids depend on, penalizing the kids' future. oftentimes i hear my colleagues across the aisle talk about got to worry about our kids and grandkids. i see the photos brought to the floor. let's worry about them and support the education programs i talked about earlier. let's support the early health care prevention programs that were in the healthare bill last congress. make sure our kids don't suffer from the same problems that are debilitating obese americans right now. i mean we know that preventio is important. we must be funding prevention. we need the innovation to come up with the programs to make sure that our chronic diseases are under control. the health care cuts in h.r. 1 are unbelievable. i know it's politically the big mantra to roll back or repeal health care refo, b

going to stop public broadcasting in new york or washington, d.c., seattle, los angeles or even portland, oregon. what it will do is make the programming less rich and it will reduce the ability to provide those services in the outlying areas. even the most recent flap about the media ambush of a former n.p.r. fundraiser who produced an 11-minute video that appeared to be very damning as far as public broadcasting concern, well, it took n.p.r. to do an in depth study, reviewing the entire two-hour conversation captured on tape to find out that not the edited 11-minute version was misleading, trying to portray the point of view of the ambush journalism. this is the same guy who was caught by law enforcement officials trying to illegally bug the office of senator mary landrieu in louisiana. found that in the course of two hours it was very clear reviewing the entire item that it had been inappropriately edited to suggest that there was an acceptance or thought it was amusing that there was somehow an attempt to impose sherrod law across the country. ignored the fact that the n.p.r. employee made i

one, the columbia river crossing is a big project for us in vancouver washington to portland oregon, and it's so it's kind of a one-of-a-kind when it's that big of a multi modal project including light rail to appreciate that it's in the president's budget proposal. so thank you very much for that. we have some questions for the record how the fda matches calculated so bear with us on that. but the larger question, with the federal highway at the penetration and federal transit administration potentially in the design of the bridge and media tsa does it make sense to have someone in the secretary's office assigned the role of project facilitator when it's interdepartmental design issues? >> we had a meeting with both governors when they were here for the governors' meeting. i met with him on a sunday afternoon. we made a very strong commitment as we could make to the columbia bridge crossing. it's one of the very unique infrastructure projects that really reflects big, bold intermodal and includes highways and transit and includes freight and an opportunity for just about every mode

have public broadcasting -- broadcast stations in new york, san francisco, los angeles, even portland, oregon, a medium-sized city will have that resource. it will be diminished if we don't have the program support, but it will be there. but in rural burns, oregon, where it costs 11 times as much to send a signal, that's where it's going to be felt. that's where it's going to be hit. now, denying the ability to purchase content isn't just n.p.r., it's car talk, it's "prairie home companion." and most significantly in my mind, it is some of the special programs that had been developed for the pacific northwest. again, no commercial station would do it because no advertiser will pay for it, but it serves a market for important news that people need to have about their communities. it's not just in the pacific northwest. it's in the rocky mountain states, in the upper midwest, and in fact some of these stations are the sole source of programming. so by prohibiting the use of this resource, it's going to cut them off at the knees. well, that's unfortunate. because public broadcasting is the most

we should be able to have a direct flight from portland, oregon, to make that actually happen. so i think we are missing the boat here in terms of what we are trying to effect and the issues i think that we are dealing with in this h.r. 1. we are trying to hit only domestic programs, programs that our kids depend on, penalizing the kids' future. oftentimes i hear my colleagues across the aisle talk about got to worry about our kids and grandkids. i see the photos brought to the floor. let's worry about them and support the education programs i talked about earlier. let's support the early health care prevention programs that were in the health care bill last congress. make sure our kids don't suffer from the same problems that are debilitating obese americans right now. i mean we know that prevention is important. we must be funding prevention. we need the innovation to come up with the programs to make sure that our chronic diseases are under control. the health care cuts in h.r. 1 are unbelievable. i know it's politically the big mantra to roll back or repeal health care refo

second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home companion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never said it didn't need the money. they're relying on a discredited video that was exposed by glen beck's website of all places. our friends should talk to the thousands of volunteers at home who rely upon public broadcasting resources to provide the content that americans love. reject this travesty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. in response to this there are no savings, and may i point my colleague to a report on the corporation for public broadcasting, federal funding and

it was made possible by a group that -- insurance company headquartered in my hometown, portland, oregon, and the deep commitment that its president and c.e.o. has to be able to make sure that families have the information, the tools they have -- necessary to make sure that they understand their treatment choices and that they are respected. this is an issue that goes far beyond the so-called end of life. this is key to -- so that everybody knows their health care choices. they understand their choices. and they make their wishes known, their choices honored, and respected. it is a mistake as we have these conversations to mistake the high cost of end of life with concerns about health care reform. when people are seriously ill, they have high health care spending. and there's nothing wrong with that. that is a natural consequence much what happens when people need more hospitalization, more intense activity. but too often the sickest and most vulnerable have negative experiences in our complex health care system which creates unnecessary strains on both the patients and the caregivers.

i am proud of what we have done in portland, oregon over the last 30 years. transit made it possible for portland to be the nation's most popular european city. there is a joke about young people going there to retire. but the quality of life is good enough that people feel like they are retiring. we have an opportunity to stress in our downtown, our neighboring community. we give people transportation choices. there has been spectacular re- investment that would not have been possible had it not been for transit. we need you to advocate for what transit means to you now and what it will mean in the future. we need you to advocate for a national framework with the reauthorization. we cannot model -- muddle along. we did 12 extensions. this is no way to run a railroad, a transit agency, a road the garment trade is in the way to be able to deal with the problems that our communities have. we do need more money. absolutely. this is adjusted for inflation. we are watching a decline of our infrastructure. the percentage of our gross national product -- this is a m

sherry fishman, portland oregon. i have to choose between two questions. one question that concerns me a great deal when we're talking about energy and security is how are we going to safely store nuclear waste because we still have no solutions? we live not that farr from the hampton nuclear reservation. it's found to be volatile by scientists on several occasions. there's always some kind of a quick fix for it, but it's not a good fix. so that's one of my questions, and i'm hoping somebody else is going to ask you about ending our reliance on the automobile, but i'll leave that for someone else. >> let me tell you the second one first real quickly. i think we can't do it quickly, and so some of the longer term things, the jane jacobs stuff about towns and being able to walk places and mass transit, all that that's great. it's just you can't do it fast. we got an emergency with respect to oil on i think climate change reasons and certainly on national security grounds. that's why i talk about doing things to change existing vehicles, not even new models o

columbia river crossing as a pretty big project for us connecting vancouver, washington, to portland, oregon. and it's kind of one of a kind, really, when it's that big a multimodal project including light rail, so we very much appreciate it's in the president's budget proposal, so thank you very much for that. we have some questions, i think, for the record on how the fta match is calculated, so if you can b bear with us on that. but the larger question, with the federal highway administration and the federal transit administration involved in potentially the design of the bridge, maybe even the faa involved, does it make sense to have someone within the secretary's office assign the role of project facilitator when it's interdepartmental design issues? >> we had a meeting with both governors when they were here for the governors' meeting. i met with them on a sunday afternoon. we made a very, as strong a commitment as we could make to the columbia bridge crossing. it's one of the very unique infrastructure projects that really reflects big, bold intermodal, it includes highways, it include

. >> that was live out of portland, oregon. >> we take you live to santa cruz where we've seen the mostbeen damaged, up to $2 million in damage, no doubt upwards those numbers will climb this morning. and just to kind of give you a different view of the effects we've been seeing across the northern california coastline. >> we want to recap, this all stems from the 8.9 earthquake that hit in japan. it spawned that tsunami which spread across the pacific. hit hawaii at 5:00 this morning then the entire coastline from alaska down through southern california has been under the tsunami warning. we're starting to see it here. this is a look at what they are facing at japan on the northeast coast, 250 miles north of tokyo. they have the stsunami that spread across the open land sucking up homes and buildings and cars and you'll see folks going down the highway trying to get away from this thing. we're told that the death toll is around 300 confirmed right now. but they expect because so many people are just sucked away and the devastating path that the death toll will rise. >> not only -- it w

we should be able to have a direct flight from portland, oregon, to make that actually happen. so i think we are missing the boat here in terms of what we are trying to effect and the issues i think that we are dealing with in this h.r. 1. we are trying to hit only domestic programs, programs that our kids depend on, penalizing the kids' future. oftentimes i hear my colleagues across the aisle talk about got to worry about our kids and grandkids. i see the photos brought to the floor. let's worry about them and support the education programs i talked about earlier. let's support the early health care prevention programs that were in the health care bill last congress. make sure our kids don't suffer from the same problems that are debilitating obese americans right now. i mean we know that prevention is important. we must be funding prevention. we need the innovation to come up with the programs to make sure that our chronic diseases are under control. the health care cuts in h.r. 1 are unbelievable. i know it's politically the big mantra to roll back or repeal health care refo

and speaking of criminal incompetence, how about an intruder in oregon who actually called 911 while he was still inside the house? portlandlice say timothy chappick broke into the house and then took a shower. while he was in the bathroom the owner returned, and fearing for his life, he called 911. >> 911. >> i just broke into a house and the owner came home. >> you broke into a house? >> yeah. >> where at? >> i don't know. >> okay. so are you still there? >> yes. >> okay. where are you? >> i don't know. >> you have no clue where you are? >> no. >> that is just bizarre. all right. so police got the location from the homeowner and arrested chappick. he's in jail and expected to be charged with criminal trespass. >>> here's a question to ponder this morning. are you in a state of happiness? well, a new report can tell you based on a nationwide survey it says hawaii is the happiest state in the union. the rest of the top five include wyoming, north dakota, alaska, and colorado. the other end of the scale, well that includes mississippi, kentucky, and the least happy state? west virginia. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," investor

oregon. they have that bicycle ride done in the nude. >> uncomfortable. >> oh, i'm going to start laughing. portlandthere are nudists who are afraid the strip club laws will apply to them and they can't roam the countryside nude again. you're from that part of the country. she's lost it. she warned she was a giggler. once she starts, it's all over. peggy's done. >>> last thing, 100th birthday. this is cool. this man is -- i got it. you just come along for the ride. 100 years old. he went skydiving for his birthday, 100 years old. god bless that man. that's how you live life. >> that's so sad. we need a sound effect for that guy. give him a sound effect. >> forgive peggy. we're going to commercial. d effect for that guy. give him a sound effect. >> forgive peggy. we're going to >>> this morning on "world news now" -- request denied. the u.n. refuses to call off international forces pounding libya even after a plea from moammar gadhafi's government. >> this as forces get ready to extend the no-fly zone over libya. it's tuesday, march 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and

oregon was among the first to adopt renewable contracts, but maintained the fair dismissal process. contract teachers are up for renewal every two years. at cedar park middle school outside of portland, 19-year veteran teacher trisha park says it works for her. >> it keeps me accountable for staying in top shape on the job. and then it keeps the principals accountable for measuring me. >> reporter: but across the country, at ps 65 in new york city, where teachers have tenure, principal daisy garcia says the current process just takes too long. >> in one case, it took over three years of documentation, 40 days of testimony, 5,000 pages of testimony, it cost the city between $300,000 and $400,000 in legal fees. >> reporter: the president of the nation's second largest teachers union says too little oversight and not enough attention to teacher development are to blame, and has proposed a model that would cut the red tape, giving underperforming teachers about three months to defend their job. >> frankly, the process of an evaluation should start from day one, because ultimately we all need a development and evaluation system. >> reporter: there is momentum for reforming the way teache

oregon. that's the strongest winds they've seen in three years. and as that storm goes away, the conditions get a little bit better there. 47 in portland today. 45 ine. we're with you. that was a tough day yesterday. and it's milder air that moves into the northeast. today, it is a brutal chill. 20 degrees colder than it has been. the temperatures ab >>> smells good in here. settle down and get ready for the rest of the morning with our "gma morning menu." sometimes there's sthirs make you go what? this is one of those this morning. a woman hangs on to the windshield pipers of her miniman for 35 miles at 100 miles per hour. we'll tell you the story. >>> and fashion superstar john galliano is facing charges in paris, over this alleged attack he made of anti-semitic slurs. we'll look at the side of fashion that's not so pretty. >>> and reality superstars. are girls getting pregnant to get reality tv fame? if you could see how nature made fish oil protects your heart, you'd be glad you take it. its omega-3s strengthen your cell walls so they stay flexible. and nature made fish oil is the #1 recommended by pharmacists. safely made. purely made. nature